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  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

America Harvard Business School Case 908-004 Describes the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

slightly worse outcomes than non-affiliated investments, despite the targets having superior performance prior to investments. Investments during market peaks by commercial banks have significantly higher rates of bankruptcy. The involvement of a bank's private equity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Dreyfoos’s collection, encompass the years from 1950 to 2013 and reflect 60 countries. Those in the early decades have a historical aura, and many others may soon join that group as cultures evolve and the environment eliminates or recovers species. A View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

modify the Group's structure. With the completion of a pending acquisition, the Group will control four publicly listed steel-producing subsidiaries, and board members are concerned about competition among the subsidiaries and about the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

head of the subsidiary of a U.S. company faced the decision to present an aggressive growth plan despite his CFO's lack of support. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411082-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund

By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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  • 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

and created a culture of self-efficacy. In the late 1980s, Recruit hit rough waters. First, Ezoe sold 2.8 million shares in a Recruit subsidiary before it went public to 76 Japanese leaders in politics, business, and media. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • June 2010 (Revised May 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research

By: Robert Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
Teaching Note for 109017. View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Levers Of Control; Strategy; Risk Management; Decisions; Cooperative Ownership; Product Development; Moral Sensibility; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Expansion; Science-Based Business; Research; Management Practices and Processes; Business Subsidiaries; Biotechnology Industry; Sydney
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  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

the CEO of its U.S. subsidiary and his challenge to sustain the company's exceptional growth in the face of an unprecedented slowdown in the U.S. construction industry. The case also offers a window into the processes and related issues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

important example. In 2003, the company's Indian subsidiary refocused its efforts on the country's rural poor in the face of growing competition from new market entrants. By training and hiring low-income, community-based saleswomen, the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008

subsidiary of Sony Japan, they now develop a wide range of digital content offerings for mobile phone users, mostly original content "made in Japan"—including keitai novels. But can SDE's subscription model compete in a market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

multinational firms hold cash in their foreign subsidiaries because of the tax costs associated with repatriating foreign income. Consistent with this hypothesis, firms that face higher repatriation tax burdens hold higher levels of cash,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

Harvard Business School Case 714-471 Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care Since its establishment in 2005, Hamburg's Martini Klinik had single mindedly focused on prostate cancer care with a commitment to measure long-term health outcomes for every patient. A wholly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

diversification and additional market penetration in both developed and emerging markets. He and his colleagues would depend on their experience of acquiring numerous companies, entering and retaining new markets, restructuring the organization, and managing hundreds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

poverty? A: Yes, there are many. Here are two: DaimlerChrysler some years ago, under pressure from the Green Party in Germany, decided it had to increase the amount of renewable resources it used in the manufacture of its cars. The manager of the company's Brazilian... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

808-109 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808109 Moët Hennessy España Harvard Business School Case 408-108 Since being appointed CEO of Moët Hennessy España (MHE), the Spanish View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

One method multinationals use to combat gray markets is to increase internal transfer prices to foreign subsidiaries in order to increase the gray market's cost base. We illustrate that when a gray market competitor is present, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

School Case 415-013 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp: Redefining Success in the U.S. (A) Over the course of a tumultuous weekend in April 2010, André Wyss was put in charge of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), the U.S. sales and marketing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne